Last week of school plus LOTS of summer fun!!

 Summer is in full swing in our house and we're packing in a lot of activities, some trips away, camp days, Disney days, family visits, dance, taekwondo,  and of course many trips to the pool!! Seems like the last week of school came and went so fast.  Phia was so in love with her Tk teacher Ms. Ada so it was a sad goodbye as she's leaving the school to teach elementary at the other Catholic school in town so we'll meet her there in a few years!  The kids had a blast at the Parish Picnic.  Phia did awesome at the sack races and the bouncies kept the kids active for hours!  In June Phia did a week of VBS(Presto is STILL too young!) and the theme this year was safari.  She was skeptical and cried the first day(she was sooo excited to go and then was sad when she got there) but then warmed up and had a blast!

All things Presto...

Our Presto is not only super handsome, charming, and smart,  but we happen to also think he's the most hilarious 4 year old on Earth.  Last week in preparation for the 4th of July and all our Auntie's coming to town(with our Uncle's of course!) we were shopping at Trader Joe's(we happen to be there almost daily).  Anyhoo, I left the line to run and get something I forgot and came back to find out Presto had invited all our "friends" in line as well as the cashier to a 4th of July party at our house! He was attempting to give directions when I got back..."You only have to take one fweeway"(just like that..."fweeway").  He's constantly asking questions, telling us interesting "facts", telling others our ipad password, and makes sure to also tell everyone he comes in contact with his age, his siblings ages, and mommy and daddy's ages(YIKES!!).  He's super friendly to everyone(too friendly at times) and has an enormous love of life.  He still sneaks under our bed a few times before finally retiring to his room at night but only 'til 3am when he cuddles up to us for the rest of the night.  Thank you Presto for always making us smile, always being the first to try something new, and for being your easy going self .  You are such a special boy! Here's just a few examples of Preston's stream of consciousness in the car one day: "When is the Easter Bunny coming?", "Can Lollipops melt?", "Guess what mommy? My tongue can touch the top of my mouth!", "When I grow up I want to be a train fixer mama...that's a job right?", "Did you know when I was 2 my name was Parker".  He just goes on and on...we love it all little man!

Olivia's Minnie Mouse 1st Birthday Party

This year went by at lightening speed! Olivia loves watching Mickey Mouse so we decided on a Minnie theme and went all out.  "Pin the Bow" on Olivia was a big hit.  The kids loved the gigantic picture of Olivia making her kissy face and it made for a perfect target:)  We also had a balloon toss game, face painting, and a pinata so there was no shortage of activities to keep the kiddos busy.  Daddy bbq'd burgers and ribs for our guests and we also had "hot diggigy dogs" of course! One of mama's favorite things was the Olivia "Chalkboard" that listed all her favorite things! Olivia LOVED her Minnie cake.  It took her a minute to dive in but from the pictures it's obvious she was a huge fan. Nana made the party favors which were the most adorable Minnie shaped rice crispy treats with a pink fondant bow and a black polka dotted stick(too cute  for words!).    Marta came over and helped decorate before the party and helped write out all the food cards(mama was stressed out about these!) Daddy used Mickey Mouse to keep Olivia's high chair propped during cake so he was watching over her in all the cake pictures.  What a special day we had celebrating our baby girl.  She won't remember it so thankfully we have lots of pictures to prove what a fun celebration we had!